To make matters worse the daily newspaper states that Olivier Giroud and Danny Welbeck are also likely to miss the opening weeks of the season due to injury. The absentees mean Theo Walcott will be Arsenal’s only option up-front unless Arsene Wenger invests in a news striker.

Arsenal could also be without Mesut Ozil and Laurent Koscielny who have been given extended leave following their efforts in Euro 2016.

The Mirror goes onto say that Arsenal have set their sights on signing either Gonzalo Higuain or Julian Draxler.